Unlocking the blood-nerve barrier to facilitate drug delivery
A UCL-led research team has opened and closed the blood-nerve barrier for the first time and used it to deliver drugs to target tissues.
A UCL-led research team has opened and closed the blood-nerve barrier for the first time and used it to deliver drugs to target tissues.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 8, 2023
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Researchers led by Prof. Qi Xiaoquan from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have systematically demonstrated that pollen coat biosynthesis and transport are complex processes involving compartmentalized ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2023
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A trained detection dog was highly accurate at finding great crested newts underground or at a distance, which might aid conservation efforts for this highly-endangered species, according to a study published June 7, 2023, ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2023
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The first stars illuminated the universe during the Cosmic Dawn and put an end to the cosmic "dark ages" that followed the Big Bang. However, the distribution of their mass is one of the great unsolved mysteries of the cosmos.
Astronomy
Jun 7, 2023
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A new form of low-cost, 3D-printed water pollution sensor could make a splash in the world of environmental monitoring, its developers say.
Nanomaterials
Jun 5, 2023
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In their research, associate professor from the NRS Department Tiejun Wang and his master's student Zijing Wu developed an AI-model to automatically locate and count large herds of migratory ungulates (wildebeest and zebra). ...
Ecology
Jun 2, 2023
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A compound called honokiol, which is found in the bark of multiple species of magnolia tree, inhibits replication of SARS-CoV-2 virus in several types of cells, according to a team of researchers in the Netherlands. The research ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 22, 2023
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When stars like our sun die, they tend to go out with a whimper and not a bang—unless they happen to be part of a binary (two) star system that could give rise to a supernova explosion.
Astronomy
May 20, 2023
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In the latest issue of the journal Nature, astronomers from Stockholm University reveal the origin of a thermonuclear supernova explosion. Strong emission lines of helium and the first detection of such a supernova in radio ...
Astronomy
May 17, 2023
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Our body functioning is delicately balanced between the synthesis and breakdown of various cellular components. When these cellular components grow old or get damaged, they are digested by a process called autophagy—literally, ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 15, 2023
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